Women's Shootboxing: Akira Jin vs. Terumi Nakamura
Yoshikazu Katori vs. Takemi Kawamura
Kenichi Abe vs. Keizo Yoshimura R2 2:44. High pace fight where they just winged one shot after another. Abe controlled the ring, using his punches & middle kicks to back Yoshimura into the ropes. Yoshimura's "defense" was to punch back while Abe was punching. He hung in there for a while, but was always getting bullied. Abe hit a sweet German suplex.
Naoyuki Taira vs. Tatsuya Ono R1 2:36
Katsumi Omura vs. Kyoichi Otsu 1R
Hisao Kurosawa vs. Takeshi Tsuchida 1R
Charlee Ria Chaofer (sp?) vs. Tadakashi Chikara 1R. Chikara threw a punch as they walked to the center for the decision, and chaos ensued with one of Charlee's cornermen throwing jumping middle kicks at Chikara.
Caesar Takeshi vs. James Bathym R2 1:35. Bathym applies a ridiculous amount of pressure constantly pushing forward with punches, but Takeshi defends most of them & beats his body up with knees & middle kicks. Bathym throws so much more he also lands more, but Takeshi's offense is all about slowing & breaking him down, and once he gets Bathym thinking about the low kick, he's able to bring a high kick up for a knockdown. It's debatable whether Bathym even beats the count, but then with Takeshi puts him right back down with a low kick it's crazy that the fight isn't stopped. Bathym recovers some between rounds, but his left leg is shot & he goes down early in the 2nd when Takeshi kicks it. Bathym's corner finally throws the towel in after Takeshi puts him down with the left high kick again.
Makoto Oe vs. Kenzo Nakahara R1 4:33
Kenichi Abe vs. Kyoichi Otsu 1R
Naoyuki Taira vs. Masumi Takano R1 9:54. Massive KO for Takano beating Taira to the right hand. Taira just crumbles after being caught flush on the chin. What made this all the more impressive is Taira was dominating the fight to the point he may just have lost focus for a second & paid big time.
Cardinal Weight 1st Champion Decision Match: Katsumi Omura vs. Hisao Kurosawa 1R
Caesar Takeshi vs. Charlee Ria Chaofer 1R. This fight was really close. Takeshi controlled the ring, but Charlee was fine fighting off his back foot with his back almost on the ropes. Once Takeshi backed him, he made it really hard for Takeshi to actually land his punches by pushing him back time & time again with front kicks.
Katsumi Omura vs. Lee Sogui
Shoot Boxing vs. Martial Arts Canada 5 vs. 5
Makoto Ohe vs. Richard Foale
Naoyuki Taira vs. Mike Bushby
Kenichi Abe vs. Mark Fletcher
Tadakatsu Chikara vs. Steve Ewald
Ceasar Takeshi vs. Dennis Crawford
Expert Class: Naoyuki Taira vs. Kazuhiro Kawakami
All Japan Owlweight First Champion Decison Match: Nobukazu Katori vs. Katsushi Sanada
Handy Match: Kenichi Abe vs. Tadakatsu Chikara
1/31/87: Caesar Takeshi vs. James Bashin
3/21/87: Caesar Takeshi vs. Charlie Ria Chaofer
5/30/87: Caesar Takeshi vs. James White
7/12/87: Caesar Takeshi vs. Riki Tadakatsu
10/10/87: Caesar Takeshi vs. Masaaki Ikemiya R1 then Koichi Kaneshiro R2
11/9/87: Caesar Takeshi vs. Nobuhiro Kikuchi
12/5/87: Caesar Takeshi vs. Dennis Crawford
1/31/88: Caesar Takeshi vs. Farid Dooder
5/21/88: Caesar Takeshi vs. John Navarolli
11/5/88: Caesar Takeshi vs. Sopasadopabon
5/26/89: Caesar Takeshi vs. Manson Gibson
11/4/89: Caesar Takeshi vs. Bill Rastafar
8/26/90: Caesar Takeshi vs. Steve MacKey
Shoot Boxing 5/26/89: Manson Gibson vs. Caesar Takeshi R1 4:28
Shoot Boxing 7/1/90: Manson Gibson vs. Naoyuki Taira R4 4:01
MAJKF 9/20/91 Manson Gibson vs. Chamnansak
MAJKF 3/21/92: Manson Gibson vs. Sajitkan 5R
MAJKF 1/10/93: Manson Gibson vs. Taro Minato 5R
MAJKF 10/15/95: Manson Gibson vs. Luc Verheye 5R
Shoot Boxing 7/14/96: Manson Gibson vs. Yarsin Loogklongtan 5R Draw
Shooto 4/26/98: Manson Gibson vs. Changpuek Kiatsongrit 3R UD
Takashi Iotani vs. Saitaro Inuzuka
Rumi Nakamura vs. TON2
Tatsuya Suzuki vs. Keniti Ogata
Submission Wrestling: Nobuhiro Turumaki vs. Juniti Yanai
Shoji Arai vs. Naoki Mori
Katso Ise vs. Kyotaka Kata
Hiromu Yoshitaka vs. ?
Yoji Anjo vs. Manson Gibson
Takehiro Murahama vs. Chamoapet Chachamooku
Kenichi Ogata vs. Marcelo Aguiar 3R UD
Manson Gibson vs. Yarsin Loogklongtan 5R Draw
Takehiro Murahama vs. Charlie Jeremy 2R
Kyokushin Karate Rule: Garry O'Neill vs. Norihisa Horiike 3R SD
Vale Tudo: Mikhail Illoukhine vs. Mestre Hulk R1 6:59
Vale Tudo: Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Kimo R1 4:19. Digest
S-cup '96 1R: Rayen Simson vs. Roni Lewis 3R UD
S-cup '96 1R: Taro Minato vs. Mohammed Ouali R2 0:25
S-cup '96 1R: Hassan Kassrioui vs. Dany Bill 4R UD
S-cup '96 1R: Rainbow Sor Prantale vs. Hiromu Yoshitaka 3R MD
Vale Tudo: Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Kimo R1 4:19. Complete
Martial Arts Festival
Undercard digest
Boxing: Sugar Miyuki vs. Tomomi Dan
Kickboxing Bantamweight Title: Takahiro Seki vs. Issei Fukutomi
The Great Sasuke & Naohiro Hoshikawa vs. Tiger Mask & Gran Hamada
S-cup '96
Takehiro Murahama vs. Charlie Jeremy 2R
S-cup '96 1R: Rayen Simson vs. Roni Lewis 3R UD
S-cup '96 1R: Taro Minato vs. Mohammed Ouali R2 0:25
S-cup '96 1R: Hassan Kassrioui vs. Dany Bill 4R UD
S-cup '96 1R: Rainbow Sor Prantale vs. Hiromu Yoshitaka 3R MD
Vale Tudo: Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Kimo R1 4:19
1/31/87 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Caesar Takeshi vs. James Bathym R2 1:35. Bathym applies a ridiculous amount of pressure constantly pushing forward with punches, but Takeshi defends most of them & beats his body up with knees & middle kicks. Bathym throws so much more he also lands more, but Takeshi's offense is all about slowing & breaking him down, and once he gets Bathym thinking about the low kick, he's able to bring a high kick up for a knockdown. It's debatable whether Bathym even beats the count, but then with Takeshi puts him right back down with a low kick it's crazy that the fight isn't stopped. Bathym recovers some between rounds, but his left leg is shot & he goes down early in the 2nd when Takeshi kicks it. Bathym's corner finally throws the towel in after Takeshi puts him down with the left high kick again.
5/30/87 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Masumi Takano vs. Kenichi Abe Extra R2 3:23 9:22 shown. Abe dominated the early portion using Takano's nose as a punching bag. He was expending a lot of energy with his barrages on the inside, and when he couldn't quite run away with it, it began to get competitive. Takano came back with a couple of left hooks then dropped Abe with a right to the nose near the end of the 1st. Takano went for the kill, but almost got dropped with a right hand counter. Takano seemed to control for a long stretch fighting on the outside & forcing Abe back, but Abe finally nailed him with an overhand right counter & had a massive punch flurry in the corner for the knockdown. Takano didn't really recover, and wasn't able to do anything to keep Abe from fighting on the inside where he wanted to, but Abe punched himself out after another knockdown so Takano hung in there, barely. Takano wasn't really moving his feet anymore, and basically needed to lean on the ropes to conserve what little energy he had left, so Abe would eventually have more flurries, but these refs didn't believe in stopping the fight until someone needed to be carted out. Finally, the ref got sick of Takano leaning in the corner & randomly called it, but while Takano finally lost the fight, he managed to get a nasty modified bulldog in for good measure after the bell. Good match.
7/12/87 Tokyo Korakuen Hall, All Japan Cardinal Weight Title Match: Katsumi Omura vs. Toruichi Otsu 2 Extra Rounds. 4:50 shown
5/21/88 Tokyo Korakuen Hall, World Hawk Champion Decision Match: Caesar Takeshi vs. John Nabarori R1 5:08. 4:06 shown
9/17/88 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Romisan Sotanikun vs. Naoyuki Taira 3R UD 11:19 shown. Sotanikun kicked Taira when he was down, so when Taira caught his kick & swept him he followed with an Earthquake splash. Sotanikun retaliated with an illegal elbow out of the clinch. Later Taira missed a rolling thunder, and Sotanikun soccer kicked him in the face. There was actually good back & forth action in this match, but there were so many cheap shots the fact that it was a quality match almost got lost in the shuffle.
2/17/89 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Hidekazu Miyake vs. Kensaku Maeda 2 Extra Rounds UD. 3:00 shown
All Japan Cardinal Weight Title Match: Makoto Oe vs. Hisao Kurosawa R1 7:54. 4:13 shown
5/26/89 Tokyo Korakuen Hall, World Hawk Weight Title: Caesar Takeshi vs. Manson Gibson R1 4:28. Caesar was a good fighter, but Manson was not only a great fighter, but one of the most athetically gifted in the history of the sport. This was a complete humiliation for Caesar because Manson was just so athletically superior Caesar couldn't even remotely get himself into the fight. Gibson really had the tools to use the side stance. He's so long he can just keep the opponent back if he wants, but he's so quick he can still bomb them with his right hand even though it seems a mile away the way he's angled, and he has great long spinning techniques he can land both when the opponent is seemingly way out of range & when they are just expecting a side kick. Gibson was knocking Caesar down with crazy spinning kicks when Caesar was so far away he couldn't even reach him, and when Caesar tried to change it up & press forward, Gibson just jogged around the edges of the ring, stopping to throw a kick then starting moving again before Caesar could get a shot in. Literally the only time Caesar did anything was when Gibson willingly closed the distance to bomb on him, and then Gibson would land maybe 4 big punches per one low kick.
11/4/89 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Ronnie Lewis vs. Kazuhiro Kawakami 3R UD 11:05 shown
8/26/90 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Keisuke Tsuyama vs. Nobuaki Iwashita R2 1:05 5;28 shown. Iwashita fought like an action figure that only turns at the waist throwing wide right hook then wide left hook then wide right hook then wide left hook. He was really blitzing Tsuyama early, but Tsuyama came back with knees when Iwashita punched himself out only to get dropped again with a right hand counter to his right hook. Tsuyama never really developed an answer for Iwashita's predictable strikes though, and ultimately it was not surprisingly more draining to be receiving punishment than dishing it out.
Naoyuki Taira vs. Kazuhiro Kawakumi R3 3:35. 10:28 shown
9/2/91 Osaka Prefectural Gym #2: Nobuki Iwashita vs Yoshinori Nishi R1 2:39
Keisuke Tsuyama vs Teiichi Kiyohara R2 2:07. 5:49 shown. Tsuyama slipped after his middle kick so Kiyohara decided to stomp him on the head. Tsuyama sat in his corner recovering until they blew a whistle to restart. The same thing happened in R2 except Kiyohara only grazed with his stomp, so the ref just demonstrated that stomping was illegal. Tsuyama countered Kiyohara's double leg with a knee to the midsection for a knockdown, and Kiyohara never got his wind back, hunching over Mark Coleman style then getting dropped again with a middle kick & finally put away with a clinch knee.
1/30/92 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Dale "Apollo" Cook vs. Naoyuki Taira 3R UD. 9:15 shown. Cook had the reach and controlled the distance brilliantly. It wasn't his most exciting bout, but he landed a high percentage & was barely scathed. Taira did sort of connect with a couple of his wild rolling kicks in the 3rd & had a head & arm throw that Cook didn't go over on but that just made it worse because he got his head slammed instead.
7/21/93 Osaka Prefectural Gym #2: Yoshinori Suzuki vs. Ryuji Oike R2. 5:01 shown
9/17/93 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Hiromi Yoshitaka vs. Kenichi Abe 3R UD. 8:01 shown
1/23/94 Nagoya Aichi-ken Gym, JSBA Cardinal Title Match: Masahiro Okamoto vs. Seiichiro Nishibayashi 3R UD. 7:02 shown. Nice backdrop by Nishibayashi.
5/30/94 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Takashi Abe vs. Makoto Oe 5R UD. 12:30 shown. Oe dominated mixing the left middle kick (usually blocked) & left inside leg kick before opening up in the 4th after a knockdown. Abe had 3 nice head & arm throws though, and came on out of nowhere in the 5th, which was definitely the most interesting & competitive round, fighting really energized & bloodying Oe's nose.
11/22/94 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Masahiro Okamoto vs. Takehiro Murahama R1 2:35. Fun short fight with Murahama blitzing Okamoto with lightning fast punches.
Masayoshi Abe vs. Takatora Funaki R2 0:24
Hiroshi Yoshitaka vs Makoto Oe 5R UD. Yoshitaka was posing on the 2nd rope after his knockdown in the 4th thinking he won, and had to hop off & rush to the center of the ring because the ref just restarted the fight when Oe got back up. Oe survived 2 more knockdowns plus being bounced off the ropes after that this round (plus 1 in the 5th), since they don't stop fights when guys get back to their feet but then immediately stumble.
1/31/95 Osaka Prefectural Gym, S-cup tournament first round: Bowi Chowaikun vs. Rayen Simson 1st extra round SD. Both rounds were very close, maybe Simson wonthe 1st & Chowaikun won the 2nd?
S-cup tournament final: Hiroshi Yoshitaka vs. Roni Lewis 2 extra rounds 7:11 shown. Lewis was frustrated that his leg sweep wasn't counted as a knockdown then threw his mouthpiece because Yoshitaka going down when Lewis caught his leg & punched him was also rightfully ruled a slip. At the end of the fight, Lewis pushed Yoshitaka down from the clinch after Yoshitaka missed a spinning backfist & tried to claim even this was a knockdown. Luckily, no one bought it, and Yoshitaka got the decision.
5/7/95 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Takehiro Murahama vs. Boulem Bellani R2 0:35. Murahama scored with 3 throws then knocked Berani down twice in a row for the win.
7/13/95 Osaka Prefectural Gym #2, WWWA World Martial Arts Title: Fumiko Ishimoto vs. Kumiko Maekawa 5R UD. 6:16 shown
3/17/96 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Kenjiro Katsumi vs. Hiroyuki Doi R1 2:27
7/14/96 Tokyo Ariake Coliseum, 2nd S-cup tournament first round Taro Minato vs. Mohamed Ouali R2 0:24
2nd S-cup tournament first round: Hiroshi Yoshitaka vs Rainbow Sor.Prantalay 3R MD. 5:25 shown
5/9/97 Tokyo Yoyogi National Stadium #2
Kenichi Ogata vs Danny Bill R5 1:42. 9:40 shown
2nd S-cup Tournament Final: Rayen Simson vs. Mohamed Ouali 2nd extra round MD. 6:20 shown
Digest of 1st 3 matches: Hiroyuki Doi vs. Luc Togane, Manson Gibson vs. Changpuek Kiatsongrit
Muay Thai: Parinya Charoenphol vs. Kazuki Wakamiya
MMA: Akihiro Gono vs. Matthew Rocca R1 3:12
MMA: Noboru Asahi vs Alexandre Franca Nogueira
MMA: Rumina Sato vs. Michael Buell R1 0:31
Kenichi Ogata vs. Gilbert Ballantine 3R UD
Ramon Dekkers vs. Hiromu Yoshitaka 5R. Great
Takehiro Murahama vs. Gaunar Sorkhettalingchan 3R UD
Tetsumasa Shimamura vs. Masato R1 2:32
Hisayuki Kanezawa vs. Shinya Sakuma R3 2:51
Satoshi Kobayashi vs. Tomohiro Hoka 5R UD
Takayuki Kohiruimaki vs. Hiroyuki Doi R4 0:38
WPKL World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Ramon Dekkers vs. Kenichi Ogata R4 2:28
Martial Arts Mixed Gender Special Match: Kyoko Inoue vs. Parinya Giatbusabar R1 3:00
Taro Minato vs. Nunponton Bangkokstore 5R UD
Joe Tsuchiya vs. Rambaa Somdet M16R1 2:59
Takehiro Murahama vs. Chamoakpet Chorchamoang 5R UD
Shannon Forrester vs. Hiroki Shishido
Cyrille Diabate vs. Koji Iga
Daniel Dawson vs. Hiroyuki Doi
Mauricio Amado vs. Ryuji Goto
Osmar Dias vs. Tatsuya Maeda
Daniel Da Silva vs. Kenichi Ogata
Satoko Shinashi vs. Kinuyo Yoshizumi 3R Draw
Nathan Corbett vs. Yu Ikeda 1:07 R2
Tournament 1R: Daniel Dawson vs. Ryuji Goto 3R Dec
Tournament 1R: Yu Hao Zheng vs. Yuri Gudima R2
Tournament 1R: Andy Souwer vs. Manoel Fonseca R2
Tournament 1R: Hiroyuki Doi vs. Tarik Benfkih 3R Dec
Masaru Abe vs. Ryan Bow Unanimous 5R Dec
Hiroki Shishido vs. Ronald Wolfs 2:24 R1
Tournament Semifinal: Yu Hao Zheng vs. Daniel Dawson R1
Tournament Semifinal: Andy Souwer vs. Hiroyuki Doi R1
Bozigit Ataev vs. Chris Franco 2:31 R1
Kenichi Ogata vs. Narkou Spain 3R Draw
Tournament Final: Andy Souwer vs. Yu Hao Zheng 4R Dec
Boonchu Cup Shootboxing vs. Muay Thai 1 7/28/02 Queensland Southport Sharks
WMC Australia 55kg Title: Aaron Leigh vs. Kristian Triming R4
WMC Australia 68kg Title: Bruce Macfie vs. Brad Hull Dec
WMC Intercontinental 68kg Title: Shannon Forrester vs. Hiroki Shishido SD
X-PLOSION ON JUPITER 7/7/00 WMTA World Middleweight Title: Daniel Dawson vs. Kenichi Ogata
Boonchu Cup Shootboxing vs. Muay Thai 2 12/15/02 Gold Coast Southport Sharks
Hiroki Shishido vs. Brad Hull
Daniel Dawson vs. Ryland Mahoney
John Wayne Parr vs. Ryuji Goto 5R UD
Yoshiaki Ota vs NIIZU MAX!! 2R UD. This is basically what I want from an undercard match. You don't expect these guys to have the best technique yet, but you want to see all action, and the desire both to win and to entertain. These guys just attacked as fast and aggressively as they could muster the energy for, only eventually slowing from eventual exhaustion. The first round was more MAX! forcing the crazy pace by constantly moving forward, with Ota mostly just throwing to try to keep MAX! off him. Ota was the one who pressured to start the second round though, and seemed to have better cardio even though he took more damage. He hit a German suplex, but on the restart MAX! flew in with a wild switch kick, missed the left hand, but knocked Ota halfway across the ring into the corner with a big right hand. This was the signature shot of the fight, and likely one MAX! the round even though he was ultimately outworked. MAX! was finally slowing down after this, and the more he just stood in front of Ota, the more Ota could do damage with the short right hand. Even the Ref couldn't keep up these guys, accidentally falling down trying to separate them after Ota defended a suplex attempt. This was sloppy, but certainly never dull! MAX! won a unanimous decision. Good match.
Kenji Matsumoto vs. Shinichiro Gomi 2R UD
Tatsuya Uematsu vs. Mitsumasa Kikuta 2R UD
Tomohiro Oikawa vs. Akifumi Utagawa 5R UD
Kenichi Ogata vs. Nako Spain R2 2:22
Shoot Boxing 1st Super Welterweight Title Champion Decison Match: Andy Souwer vs. Hiroyuki Doi R4 1:11. This is a great example of Souwer at his finest. He was sort of the best of both worlds because he had the power to hurt the opponent as well as the stamina keep after them, so they never really had a chance to recover. For the most part, he was able to keep Doi out of the fight by refusing to ever yield an inch. Doi would try to strike when they were at parity, but Andy would only come forward, thus Doi was invariably striking off his back foot. Soon Andy would back him into the ropes with a big shot, and throw hard to the head, which would force Doi to block there, which would then allow Andy to nail him in the stomach. Doi would be forced to block the midsection, which would allow Andy to nail him in the head. Before you knew it, the fight was about Doi defending, but not really, as he was always a step behind what Andy was doing next, with Souwer simply landing around where he saw Doi had set his defense. Doi is a good fighter, and knew what he had to do, at least to some extent. When he moved laterally after his kicks, he was able to keep moving into the open space rather than allowing Andy to back him into the ropes. Even throwing some wild flying attacks wasn't bad, other than when he lept into a big right hand that setup the first knockdown, because they propelled him forward. The problem was that Andy hits so hard that it never took long to stun Doi, and then seize the space Doi just yielded. Once Doi was in a bit of trouble, Souwer had the stamina to just a flurry of him against the ropes until the round ended or Doi crumbled. Doi definitely faired better in the early portions of each round, before the real estate battle shifted the fight dramatically in Souwer's favor. The fight should have been over with the second knockdown in round three, but Doi showed a ton of heart, somehow getting up there, and again in the fourth before the towel was mercifully thrown in after the fourth knockdown. Good match.
Sone Banasy vs. Akifumi Utagawa R4 0:52. There's fighting at a distance, then there's Sone style. His goal is to be out of punching range, where he can work high kicks and step in with hooks. This worked pretty well for the first round and a half, before he broke his right big toe landing a high kick. Though I wasn't sure he was even going to be able to continue, he managed to recover pretty quickly, but his movement was never quite the same. Utagawa was patient, looking to either back Sone into the ropes or throw a misdirection lead and quickly close distance. Utagawa would flurry when he was on the inside, but wasn't as active as he would have liked trying to get there, given his opponent was out of reach. Sone had to rely more on power after the injury, but did a nice job of circling away while throwing a big hook. Sone was never really getting back to the center of the ring though, and Utagawa was much better at working on the inside, as he could put combinations together, whereas Sone's style was based on throwing one big shot then moving again. Utagawa must have softened up the liver with his middle kicks, because the left body hook he won with seemed pretty soft. Good match.
Kojiro vs. Shannon Forrester 5R UD
Tyrone Spong vs. Ryuji Goto 5R. Goto hit a Dragon screw & bridging backdrop.
Kenichi Ogata vs. Jake Hattan R2
Yoshiaki Ota vs. Chuichiro Takahashi 3R UD
Sota Tamura vs. Ryuji Kajiwara 4R UD
Takeshi Ishikawa vs. Shoryu Uzuki R3 1:50
Eihei Yabu vs. NIIZUMAX! 3R. NIIZUMAX! doesn't have a ton of technique, footwork, or head movement, but he's a super aggressive brawler who is going to attack. He'll lead with a middle, high, or axe kick, he'll charge in and grab trying for any kind of throw, he'll make it an unconventional scrap. Yabu was the better technical fighter by a wide margin, but he had a hard time finding any rhythm or consistency against this unorthodox opponent. NIIZUMAX! became a much easier target in the third round as he had tired himself out somewhat with all his aggression and pressure, and Yabu also made a good adjustment pushing forward with a sort of STO trip when NIIZUMAX! would try to grab him. Yabu landed a lot of clean punches in the third, bloodying NIIZUMAX!'s face. At one point, he backed NIIZUMAX! from one corner to the other with a series of big right straights. I would have liked to see this go another round, though obviously I can't see it changing the result. Yabu won round 3 big, but you could make the argument that NIIZUMAX! won the first two rounds. Yabu won a unanimous decision. Good match.
Koichi Kikuchi vs. Yuki 5R. A hard nosed, toe to toe battle of Kikuchi's punches vs. Yuki kicks. This was really a war, but Kikuchi just had too much volume. A lot of that comes down to Yuki not utilizing enough footwork, as if your strategy is to throw 70% low kicks, you don't want to just be standing in front of the opponent. That being said, Yuki actually did way better when he was willing to punch, and in these instances he could sometimes get away with being right in front of Kikuchi because he just kept attacking. Though Yuki's low kick was the most consistent and effective strike in the fight, he didn't really make any progress with it, and Kikuchi quickly figured out that the more he threw, the harder it was for Yuki to get his shots in, especially if he backed him with a front kick after throwing his punch combo. As the fight progressed, Yuki had to switch to boxing, but that was where he came close to getting a knockdown. In the 3rd, Yuki landed a solid short left hook, and began to finally push forward and let his hands go, only to be promptly dropped by Kikuchi's left straight. Yuki hurt Kikuchi with a right straight early in the 4th, but kind of punched himself out trying to capitalize, and was standing in front of Kikuchi even more later in the round. He had a good series late starting with a left hook though, and this was clearly his round, even knocking Kikuchi's mouthpiece out late. Both fighters were fading fast in the 5th, but Kikuchi reestablished his front kick, and was just keeping Yuki away. Yuki got another wind in the second half of the final round though, and the last minute was very dramatic, as Yuki was battering Kikuchi with punch after punch. Kikuchi seemed one or two good punches away from being finished during the final 45 seconds, but managed to will it out. Kikuchi won a unanimous decision. Very good match.
Hiroyuki Doi vs. Ryuji Goto 5R UD
SB Japan Super Featherweight Title: Tomoki Matsuura vs. Tomohiro Oikawa 5R UD
Makoto Wakita vs. Kazuhiro Hatakeyama 3R UD
Satoshi Hatakeyama vs. Bushi 3R UD
Takeshi Ishikawa vs. Isamuto Nakazawa R1 1:34
Kazuto vs. Yuji Katsuki R1 2:41
Motoki Takahashi vs. Hideyuki Takahashi 3R. Shoot Boxing may not have the best technical fighters, but they have some really good high action brawls, especially on the undercard. Since it is mostly lightweight fighters, they can just get in each other's face and keep throwing and throwing for the duration. Hideyuki doesn't have much head movement, so he pretty much got lit up in the first round when he allowed Motoki to come forward and have his way throwing punch combos on the inside. Hideyuki had a better second round when he applied the pressure, scoring on the way in and at least keeping the Motoki somewhat out of his rhythm and on the defensive trying to avoid spinning strikes and distance closing punches. Still, the big problem for Hideyuki is once he did close the distance, Motoki started nailing him in the face repeatedly with big punches until he disengaged, which wasn't really something he was even trying to do. Overall, Motoki still landed too many clean punches to the face to not win the 2nd round, but Hideyuki at least succeeded in making the second round much more competitive. Hideyuki could use a better jab, but he did a pretty good job of landing his punches coming in during the third. What I don't get is why he still wanted to fight inside, as his clinch never worked and he literally lost every battle there because Motoki's punch combos were too clean, especially for an opponent who offers almost no defense. Both of Hideyuki's eyes were swollen from taking the Motoki's short hooks, and Motoki was having great success with the uppercut as well. Motoki one a unanimous decision. Good match.
Shinichiro Gomi vs. Harutake Kano 5R. This match was largely good because of how deep they had to dig in order to get the victory. Kano is the longer fighter, and did a good job of keeping Gomi off him in the first round. He simply overpowered Gomi in the clinch, countering his hip wheel with a great backdrop. However, later in the round, Gomi spuns out of the backdrop attempt into a nice standing armbar. Gomi did a better job of closing the distance in the second round, and we began to really see the difference in the power. Gomi landed everything with authority, whereas Kano was mostly just touching Gomi trying to keep him off him. Kano's strikes are just kind of slow, he doesn't really get his body or core into them so he really has to employ good footwork to be effective. I thought Gomi won the second and third rounds, he just does a lot more damage, but one judge gave it to Kano, the majority draw sending it to the extra round. Kano was exhausted in the fourth round, and had to give up on keeping Gomi away. He willed it though, having several punch flurries on the inside, and possibly outlanding Gomi, though one of Gomi's strikes should have been worth two or three of Kano's arm punches. The final 30 seconds of this round was particularly good, with both pushing through exhaustion, throwing non-stop trying to steal the decision. Again Gomi should have gotten the nod, but each got the fight from one judge, with the other still ruling it a draw, sending it into the second extra round. Gomi had punched himself out making a big push at the end of the fourth, and had lost most of his power and energy for the fifth. Witha Gomi just standing around, Kano found it in himself to put a lot of volume on him. Gomi finally came on in the final 30 seconds, which again were quite good, but it was too little too late. Kano finally won a unanimous decision. Good match.
Hideo Mihara vs. Bob Fujii R4 1:11
Hiroki Shishido vs. Takahiro Sasara R1 1:11
Yoshihiro Moriya vs. Ben Spyback 5R UD
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1/27/96 Yokohama Cultural Gym: Takehiro Murahama vs. Chamoapet Chachamooku
5/1/96 Club Citta Kawasaki JSBA Ladies Queen Title Match: Rumi Nakamura vs. Terumi Fujiyama
4/26/98 Yokohama Arena
Parinya Charoenphol vs. Kazuki Wakamiya
Kenichi Ogata vs. Gilbert Valentine
Hiromu Yoshitaka vs. Ramon Dekkers
3/10/99 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Yoshihiro Moriya vs. Keita Kainuma
Takehiro Murahama vs. Danny Steele
3/22/00 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Tatsuya Maeda vs. Dominic Fred Viloria
Ryuji Goto vs. Douglas Alan Evans
4/30/01 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Hiroki Shishido vs. Kojiro Iwaryu
11/20/01 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Hiroyuki Doi vs. Daniel Dawson
7/7/02 Yokohama Cultural Gym S-CUP 2002 Tournament Final: Andy Souwer vs. Yu Hao Zheng
9/22/02 Tokyo Korakuen Hall Japan Super Featherweight Title Match: Tatsuya Maeda vs. Tomohiro Oikawa
11/4/02 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Andy Souwer vs. Kenichi Ogata
2/1/04 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Kenichi Ogata vs. Nako Spain R2 2:22
Shoot Boxing 1st Super Welterweight Title Champion Decison Match: Andy Souwer vs. Hiroyuki Doi
6/4/04 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Hiroyuki Doi vs. Ryuji Goto
9/19/04 Yokohama Cultural Gym
S-CUP 2004 Tournament Round 1: Jens Pulver vs. Dai Jyouan
S-CUP 2004 Tournament Round 1 Albert Kraus vs. Chamgpuek Chorsepasert
S-CUP 2004 Tournament Semifinal: Katel Kubis vs. Hiroki Shishido
S-CUP 2004 Tournament Final: Hiroki Shishido vs. Andy Souwer
Taishi Oyabu vs. Nagranchu Martha "M16" R2 0:41
Yoshiaki Ota vs. Taiga Yamaguchi 3R UD
Kenji Kanai vs. Shinichiro Gomi R1 1:17
Noriyuki Imai vs. Tiger Ishii 4R UD
Takeshi Ishikawa vs. Mitsumasa Kikuta 5R SD
Koji Iga vs. Stewart Fulton R1
Koichi Kikuchi vs. Gennaron Willasaklek 7R UD
Hiroki Shishido vs. Changpuek Chorsepasat R4 2:15
Andy Souwer vs. Kuntap Weerasakreck 5R 2:12
Shodai "Nakkuru" Kida vs. Takayoshi Shinden 3R UD
Taiga Yamaguchi vs. Koataehajime Kitayama 3R UD
Masato Izumaru vs. Masa Nagranchun "M16" 4R UD
Phantom Shinya vs. Makoto Wakita 3R UD
Mitsumasa Kikuta vs. Noboru Yamamoto R3 1:42. Conventional, technically precise fighters are surely great if you're a trainer, but everyone thinking, and thus fighting the same way doesn't necessarily make for interesting fights. Oddballs and specialists are often more interesting because they are so far outside the box, and thus more unique, forcing different situations and reactions. One different fighter is standing guillotine specialist Mitsumasa Kikuta. His goal is to force the clinch by any means possible, which probably sounds rather dull given the most grueling part of MMA is rarely of interest beyond laughing at poor Joe Rogan for saying the same thing for the 10 zillionth time. Kikuta is massively aggressive though, blitzing his way in with punches to either force the opponent to tie him up or just create the opening on his own to get his arm over their head to bring them down into the choke. Kikuta likes to get off to the opponent's left side, driving their head down with his left hand to give himself the option of either going for the standing guillotine or a suplex such as the backdrop depending upon how they react. Yamamoto turned out to be a poor opponent for him because he has a strong elbow game to counteract Kikuta's short range game. Kikuta won the first round and a half big, but Yamamoto cut him above the left eye with the first elbow he landed. The doctor let Kikuta continue, but Yamamoto knew the stoppage was his best chance for victory, and was certainly not too proud to simply keep pumping as many right elbows as he could. Yamamoto opened up Kikuta high on the forehead, which wouldn't have been that bad except he now had a cut dripping down into his right eye as well. There was a great close up of Yamamoto in the neutral corner taking pride in his handiwork by displaying a phantom elbow for the camera just before the doctor stopped the fight. Good match.
Hiroshi Sekimoto vs. Knuckle Yushi R1 1:59
Tomohiro Oikawa vs. Dan Rawlings 5R. Rawlings is a very well trained technical kickboxer, who moves and strikes very fluidly. He excels when he gets off first, generally throwing punch/punch/kick or knee combos, but being unpredictable which he'll use and where he'll direct them. As long as he's backing the opponent, he can stay in command. If they are attacking, he can kick and circle away, but he has a much tougher time. Oikawa has a lot of power, and was able to hurt Rawlings with one big shot, especially when he got on the inside, or if he could get Rawlings against the ropes. Oikawa isn't consistent because he doesn't use the jab, but he has a quick hook and overhand. This fight was very back and forth with Rawlings controlling long portions, but Oikawa still managing to pull out the rounds with 1 or 2 big blows. Oikawa was losing the first round badly, but when Rawlings backed him into the corner, he stunned him with any of the overhand right, and hit a koshi guruma. A minute into the second round, Oikawa hurt Rawlings with a right body hook to overhand left then dropped him with a right. Oikawa had Rawlings on the defensive for the rest of the round, hitting another koshi guruma at the end. Dan stabilized in the third, and went back to using the front kick and his combos to back Oikawa, but Oikawa hurt him with a right uppercut after missing a left hook. Oikawa hit a 3rd koshi guruma in the fourth, but Dan had the signature shot, putting Oikawa down with a beautiful jump spinning heel kick to the mush! Round five was similar to rounds 1-3, in that Rawlings was controlling the round, then got damaged by Oikawa's powerful punches. Oikawa won a unanimous decision. Very good match.
Kenichi Ogata vs. Peter Kaljevic 5R UD
Taiga Yamaguchi vs. Kiyotake Kitamura
Ayumu Takami vs. Pete Spratt
Daijiro Matsui vs. Brian Foster
Rumina Sato vs. Naoya Uematsu
Hiroki Shishido vs. Ole Laursen
Hiroyuki Doi vs. Phajunsuki
Kenichi Ogata vs. Serkan Yilmaz
Taishi Oyabu vs. Takuma Ikeda
Shinichiro Gomi vs. Devil Arakawa
Takeshi Hishida vs. Kazutomo Sekito
Eihei Yabu vs. Kenji Kanai
Hiroshi Sekimoto vs. NIZUMAX!
Takeshi Ishikawa vs. Tatsuya Morimoto
Akifumi Utagawa vs. Mitsumasa Kikuchi
Hiroki Shishido vs. Koichi Kikuchi
Kenichi Ogata vs. Shane Wiggand
S-cup 2006 1st Round
Hiroki Shishido vs. Jordan Tai 4R
Kenichi Ogata vs. Damacio Page 2R 1:14
Daniel Dawson vs Virgil Kalakoda 3R
Andy Souwer vs. Marfio Canoletti 3R
Semifinals
Hiroki Shishido vs. Kenichi Ogata 3R
Andy Souwer vs. Daniel Dawson 3R
Final: Andy Souwer vs Kenichi Ogata 3R
S-cup 2006 1st Round
Hiroki Shishido vs. Jordan Tai 4R
Kenichi Ogata vs. Damacio Page 2R 1:14
Daniel Dawson vs Virgil Kalakoda 3R
Andy Souwer vs. Marfio Canoletti 3R
Semifinals
Hiroki Shishido vs. Kenichi Ogata 3R
Andy Souwer vs. Daniel Dawson 3R
Final: Andy Souwer vs Kenichi Ogata 3R
Takehiro Murahama vs Takeshi Ishikawa 3R
Tomohiro Oikawa vs Hiroyuki Abe R3
Takashi Ono vs Marco Pique 3R
Faldir Chahbari vs Kazunori Yokota 3R
Gilbert Yvel vs Yuji Sakuragi R1 1min 48sec
Hiroki Shishido vs Big Ben 3R
Hayato "Mach" Sakurai vs Jani Lax 3R
Kenichi Ogata vs Brian Lo-A-Njoe R2 0:44
Andy Souwer vs Andy Ologun 3R
OZ vs. Akifumi Utagawa
Kenji Kanai vs. Kang En
Daiki Shishido vs. Tsang Hoi Kwan
Setsu Iguchi vs. Noriyuki Enari
SB Japan Super Featherweight Title Match: Tomohiro Oikawa vs. Takeshi Ishikawa
Antonio Carvalho vs. Hiroki Shishido
Marfio Canoletti vs. Koichi Kikuchi
Kenichi Ogata vs. Doo-Suk Oh
Girls S-cup 2009 1st Round
Rena vs. Masako Yoshida 3R UD
Saori Ishioka vs. Ai Takahashi SR UD
Madoka Okada vs. Misato Tomita R2 0:23
V Hajime (Mei Yamaguchi) vs. Su Jeong Lim 3R UD
Girls S-cup 2009 Semifinals
Rena vs. Saori Ishioka R3 0:20. Towel is thrown in when Ishioka injures her back leg tripping Rena into the lower middle rope.
V Hajime vs. Madoka Okada 3R UD. Awesome pro wrestling style spot where V avoids a front kick & counters with a back suplex.
JEWELS Match (MMA): Shizuka Sugiyama vs. Hitomi Sakamoto 2R UD
HIROKO vs. Chou Benkei R1 0:57
Girls S-cup 2009 Final: Rena vs. V Hajime 3R UD
HARI vs. Kanako Oka 3R UD
Girls S-cup 2009 Reserve Fight: Keiko Onuma vs. Eri Nishida 4R SD
Exhibition Match (1R JEWELS Rule, 2R Shoot Boxing Rule): Megumi Fujii vs. Hisae Watanabe 2R
RENA career highlights DVD
Oka Kanako vs. Junko Masaki 3R UD
Quarterfinals
RENA (Rena Kubota) vs. Hisae Watanabe 1:50 R2
Kate Martinez vs. Zaza Sor Aree 1:12 R3
V.V. Mei (Mei Yamaguchi) vs. Samanta van Dole 1:45 R1
Ai Takahashi vs. Christina Jurjevic 3R UD
Reserve: Mai Ichii vs. Sumie Yamada 3R SD
KIDS: Rino Fujita vs. Momoka Furukawa
KIDS: Yume Kumagai vs. Fuka Uemura
Semifinals
Rena Kubota vs. Kate Martinez 3R UD
Ai Takahashi vs. Mei Yamaguchi 3R SD
Exhibition: Nanae Takahashi vs Fuka
AZUMA vs. Super Benkei
Hiroko Yamanaka vs. Sandy Furner 1:45 R1
Final: Rena Kubota vs. Ai Takahashi 3R UD
S-cup 1R
Andy Souwer vs. Bovy Sor Udomson R3
Toby Imada vs. Takaaki Umeno R3
Buakaw Banchamek vs. Hiroki Shishido Dec
Henri van Opstal vs. Luis Saraiva 3R UD
Semifinals
Toby Imada vs. Andy Souwer Dec
Buakaw Banchamek vs. Henri van Opstal Dec
SB vs DREAM Showdown
Hiroaki Suzuki vs. Mitsuhiro Ishida R2
DJ. taiki (Daiki Hata) vs. Tomohiro Oikawa R2
Final: Buakaw Banchamek vs. Toby Imada R2
Mio Tsumura vs. Yoko Yamada 1:52 R1
Quarterfinals
Erika Kamimura vs. Oka Kanako 0:31 R2
Miyo Yoshida vs. WINDY Tomomi (Tomomi Sunaba) 3R MD
Mina Sakurai vs. V.V. Mei (Mei Yamaguchi) 3R MD
Seo Hee Ham vs. Emi Fujino 3R MD
HIROKO (Hiroko Yamanaka) vs. Megumi Yabushita 0:03 R3
Semifinals
Erika Kamimura vs. Miyo Yoshida 0:50 R1
Seo Hee Ham vs. Mina Sakurai 3R MD
RENA (Rena Kubota) vs. Zaza Sor Aree 2:10 R2
Final: Erika Kamimura vs. Seo Hee Ham 3R UD
MIO vs. Asuki Inoue
Shohei Nishimura vs. Taiki Naito
Mina vs. Emi Fujino 3R UD
Koji Ikegami vs. Yuji Tsunamura
Hiroshi Mizumatsu vs. Masaya Matsuhana
Henri van Opstal vs. Akihiro Gono 3R UD
Christophe Pruvost vs. Satoru Suzuki 3R UD
Bovy Sor Udomson vs. Gago Drago 3R UD
Hiroaki Suzuki vs. Akiyo Nishiura 3R UD
Takeshi Inoue vs. Hiroki Shishido 3R SD
Andy Souwer vs. Toby Imada 3R UD
SHOOTBOXING act.1 2/5/12 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Akifumi Utagawa vs. Shinto Yamauchi
Seiya Matsubana vs. Tenkei Fujimiya
Bovy Sor. Udomsorn vs. Satoru Suzuki
Young Caesar Cup Central 2012 # 3 TOYOKAWA 2/12/12 Aichi Toyokawa City Comprehensive Gymnasium Sub Arena SB Japan Lightweight Title: Final: Hiroaki Suzuki vs. Yuji Sugawara
SHOOT BOXING act.2 4/13/12 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Naguranchun Masa M16 vs. Mamoru
Hiroaki Suzuki vs. Takeshi Inoue
SHOOTBOXING act.3 6/3/12 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
SB Japan Super Bantamweight Title: Masahiro Fujimoto vs. Kazuyuki Fushimi
SB Japan Super Featherweight Title: Akifumi Utagawa vs. Koji Ikegami
Toby Imada vs. Satoru Suzuki
Hiroki Shishido vs. Hiroaki Suzuki
SHOOTBOXING in NIIGATA2012 7/15/12 Niigata Toki Messe Niigata Convention Center: Takeshi Ishikawa vs. Glen Pervis
Girls S-cup2012 8/25/12 Tokyo Yamano Hall
Girls S-cup 2012 Tournament Round 1: RENA vs. Kim Townsend
Girls S-cup 2012 Tournament Round 1: Lorena Klijn vs. Erika Kamimura
Girls S-cup -53.5kg Tournament Final: Ai Takahashi vs. Mizuki Inoue
Girls S-cup 2012 Tournament Semifinal: V.V. Mei vs. Lorena Klijn
JKS48 Tournament Final: Akari Nakamura vs. MIO
Girls S-cup 2012 Tournament Final: RENA vs. V.V Mei
SHOOTBOXING act.4 9/17/12 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
MASAYA vs. Naoki
S-cup2012 Japan Representative: Bovy Sor. Udomsorn vs. Akihiro Gono
S-cup2012 Japan Representative: Satoru Suzuki vs. Hiroki Shishido
S-cup 2012 11/17/12 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
Reserve Match: Andy Ristie vs. Hinata Watanabe
S-cup2012 1st round: Hiroki Shishido vs. Gesias Cavalcante
S-cup2012 1st round: Andy Souwer vs. Kem Sitsongpeenong
S-cup2012 Semifinal: Andy Souwer vs. Hiroki Shishido
S-cup2012 final: Andy Souwer vs. Henri Van Opstal
Tournament JKS 48 Semifinals
Akari Nakamura vs. Naoko Otsuka 4R UD
Mio Tsumura vs. Yusa Tachi 3R UD
S-cup 2012 1st Round
Rena Kubota vs. Kim Townsend 3R UD
Seo Hee Ham vs. Lisa Ellis 3R UD
Mei Yamaguchi vs. Namtarn Por Munagpetch 4R UD
Lorena Klijn vs. Erika Kamimura 4R UD
Special One Match: Rio Chiyomori vs. Seira Aragaki 3R MD
Semifinals
Rena Kubota vs. Seo Hee Ham 4R MD
Mei Yamaguchi vs. Lorena Klijn 4R UD
Tournament JKS 48 Final: Mio Tsumura vs. Akari Nakamura 1:09 R2
Girls S-cup -53.5kg Tournament Final: Mizuki Inoue vs. Ai Takahashi 5R UD
Girls S-cup -51kg Tournament Final: Rena Kubota vs. Mei Yamaguchi 3R UD
1st Round
Rena Kubota vs. Kim Townsend 3R UD
Seo Hee Ham vs. Lisa Ellis 3R UD
Lorena Klijn vs. Erika Kamimura 4R UD
Special One Match: Rio Chiyomori vs. Seira Aragaki 3R MD
Semifinals
Rena Kubota vs. Seo Hee Ham 4R MD
Mei Yamaguchi vs. Lorena Klijn 4R UD
Tournament JKS 48 Final: Mio Tsumura vs. Akari Nakamura 1:09 R2
Girls S-cup -53.5kg Tournament Final: Mizuki Inoue vs. Ai Takahashi 5R UD
Girls S-cup -51kg Tournament Final: Rena Kubota vs. Mei Yamaguchi 3R UD
4/13/12 Tokyo Korakuen Hall JKS48 1st Round
Naoko Otsuka vs. RANNA
MIO vs. Yuki Kira
6/3/12 Tokyo Korakuen Hall JKS48 1st Round
eneos Syuri vs. Sudi
Yusa Tachi vs. MARI
8/25/12 Tokyo YAMANO HALL JKS48 Semifinals
Naoko Otsuka vs. eneos Syuri
MIO vs. Yusa Tachi
JKS48 Final: eneos Syuri vs. MIO
8/19/11 Tokyo Shibuya AX MIO Debut Match: MIO vs. Yoko Yamada
11/6/11 Tokyo TDC Hall: MIO vs. Asuka Inoue
Kotaro Mori vs. Yuki Sakamoto
Reserve Match: Satoru Suzuki vs. Akihiro Gono
Reserve Match: Andy Ristie vs. Hinata Watanabe
S-cup 2012 1st Round
Joachim Hansen vs. Hiroaki Suzuki
Henri Van Opstal vs. Bovy Sor Udomsorn
Gesias Cavalcante vs. Hiroki Shishido
Andy Souwer vs. Kem Sitsongpeenong
Super Fight
Magnum Sakai vs. Shunsuke Inoue
Kosuke Komiyama vs. Masa Magaranchun M16
Semifinals
Henri Van Opstal vs. Satoru Suzuki
Andy Souwer vs. Hiroki Shishido
Super Fight
Kizaemon Saiga vs. MASAYA
Toby Imada vs. Mostafa Abdollahi
Final: Andy Souwer vs. Henri Van Opstal
Yuji Ishizuka vs. Yuki Kaibo
Mokohiro Shinohara vs. Shuji Ueyama
JKS48 Tournament A Block 1R: Yuuki Kirara vs. Yusa Tachi
JKS48 Tournament A Block 1R: Mio Tsumura vs. Fuuka Yoshino
Lorena Klijn vs. Miyo Yoshida
MASAYA vs. Toru Hirai
Kosuke Komiyama vs. Kim Sung Jae 3R UD
Win icon green Rena Kubota vs. Du Peiling 1:12 R3
Next Challenger Decision: Kizaemon Saiga vs. Masahiro Oikawa
Super Welterweight Title: Yuki Sakamoto vs. Satoru Suzuki
Hiroaki Suzuki vs. Mohan Dragon
Hiroki Shishido vs. Hiroyuki Takaya
Tournament 2013 1st Round B Block: Anna vs. COMACHI 3R UD. Digest
Tournament 2013 1st Round B Block: Michi vs. MARI 3R UD. Digest
Yuji Ishizuka vs. Kazuki Tamagawa 3R UD. Digest
Kazuyuki Fushimi vs. Taiki Naito 3R UD. Digest
Ai Takahashi vs. Kim Yuri R1 2:12. Digest
V.V Mei vs Lorena Klein 3R UD
MASAYA vs Shau Kwanrun R1 2:43
Kenji Kanai vs. Hinata R2 1:10
Yuki Sakamoto vs. Tomoaki Makino 3R UD
SB Japan Super Featherweight Title Match: Akifumi Utagawa vs. Kizaemon Saiga R2 1:23
Hiroaki Suzuki vs. Shunichi Shimizu 3R UD
Hiroki Shishido vs. Genpei Hayashi 3R UD
Andy Souwer vs. Kota Okazawa R1 1:43
JKS 48 Tournament Semifinals
Yuuki Kira vs. Anna Murayama 0:52 R1
Mio Tsumura vs. Eguchi Comachi 3R UD
JKS 48 Tournament Final: Mio Tsumura vs. Yuuki Kira 1:07 R1
Girls S-cup 2013 1st Round
Ai Takahashi vs. Wei Ting Chen 1:24 R2
Rio Chiyomori vs. Matsukuma Kikukawa 3R UD
Miyo Yoshida vs. Oka Kanako 3R UD
Mizuki Inoue vs. Jet Izumi 3R UD
Girls S-cup 2013 Semifinals
Ai Takahashi vs. Rio Chiyomori 3R UD
Mizuki Inoue vs. Miyo Yoshida 3R UD
Girls S-cup 2013 Final: Mizuki Inoue vs. Ai Takahashi 3R UD
Mei Yamaguchi vs. Chihiro Kira 3R UD
Rena Kubota vs. Lorena Klijn 3R MD
Tomohiro Oikawa interview with career highlights
Tatsuyo Honda vs. Ryoma Yamada
Etsushi Taue vs. Makoto Kato
Nagisa Arii vs. Mayu Tagawa
Kodai Hirayama vs. Hironobu Matsuoka
Genki vs. Ryugi
KING Kohei vs. Motohiro Shinohara
Takahiro Miyano vs. Takayoshi Kitayama
Dokonjonosuke*Mishima vs. Masahiro Shimada
MIO vs. Kirat*Chihiro
Shinsuke Hirai vs. Tapplon Forcegym
Koji Ikegami vs. Tomoaki Suehiro
Yuki Sakamoto vs. Masatoshi Hyakutake
RENA vs. Yuri Kim
Nagulanchun Martha M16 vs. Choi Sang Kyung
Tomohiro Oikawa Retirement: Tomohiro Oikawa vs. Haruaki Otsuki
4/3/88 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Steve Ewald vs. Naoyuki Taira
11/22/94 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Hiromu Yoshitaka vs. Makoto Ohe
5/7/95 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Takehiro Murahama vs. Boran Berani
4/26/98 Yokohama Arena; Ramon Dekkers vs. Hiromu Yoshitaka 5R. Great
3/10/99 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Yoshihiro Moriya vs. Keita Kainuma
11/20/01 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Daniel Dawson vs. Hiroyuki Doi
1/23/05 Fukuoka International Center: Hiroki Shishido vs. Ole Laursen
11/3/06 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan S-cup 2006 Semifinal: Kenichi Ogata vs. Hiroki Shishido
11/3/06 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan S-cup 2006 Final: Andy Souwer vs. Kenichi Ogata
2/11/09 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Akifumi Utagawa vs. Takeshi Ishikawa
4/11/10 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Tomohiro Oikawa vs. Pajonsuk Por Pramuk
4/11/10 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Bovy Sor Udomson vs. Takaaki Umeno
9/18/10 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Hinata vs. Andy Souwer
2/19/11 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Kuniyoshi Hironaka vs Satoru Suzuki
6/5/11 Tokyo Korakuen Hall SB Japan Ladies Queen Title Decision: Ai Takahashi vs. RENA
8/19/11 SHIBUYA- AX: Zaza Sor Aree vs. RENA
9/10/11 Tokyo Korakuen Hall SB Japan Super Welterweight Title: Suzuki Satoru vs. Kenji Kanai
4/13/12 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Lion Takeshi vs. Hiroaki Suzuki
9/17/12 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Hiroki Shishido vs. Satoru Suzuki
11/16/13 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan S-cup 65kg Japan Tournament Final: Michihiro Omikawa vs. Hiroaki Suzuki
11/30/14 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan S- cup65kg World Tournament Final: Zakaria Zouggary vs. Hiroaki Suzuki
Kiyoaki Murata vs. Takuya Saito 3R Dec
Hiroaki Okuwa vs. Yuki Kitagawa 3R Dec
Yuji Sugawara vs. Daichi Matsui 3R Dec
Mio Tsumura vs. Miho Nakamura 3R Dec
Nangoku Chojin vs. Ryo Aitaka 1:12 R3
Kaito Ono vs. Yuki Morishita 3R Dec
Taiki Naito vs. Shuto Miyazaki 3R Dec
Yuki Sakamoto vs. Yuichiro Nagashima 3R Dec
Zakaria Zouggary vs. Hiroki Shishido 3R Dec
Hana Date vs. Naoko Okada 3R UD
Kiyoaki Murata vs. Shinji Totsu 3R UD
Toshiaki Nitamizu vs. Hiroaki Okuwa 3R UD
Yuji Sugawara vs. Satoru Date 3R UD
Ai Takahashi vs. Kanako Taniyama 3R UD
Kleber Koike Erbst vs. Tomo Kiire 2:20 R2
Nangoku Chojin vs. Hiromi Amada 1:50 R3
Koji Ikegami vs. Kaito Ono 3R UD
Koya Shimada vs. Genki 3R UD
Taiki Naito vs. Takayuki Umehara 3R UD
Yuki Sakamoto vs. Yuki Yamamoto 3R UD
Hiroaki Suzuki vs. Daniel Romero 3R UD
Arthur Sorsor vs. Sho Oba 1:11 R1
Kiyoaki Murata vs. Yuki Kitagawa 1:37 R3
Kazuki Fukada vs. Yusuke Komiyama 3R UD
Seiki Ueyama vs. Hiroaki Okuwa 3R UD
Kaito Ono vs. Yuji Sugawara 3R UD
Ai Takahashi vs. Nori Date 3R UD
Taiki Naito vs. Keisuke Miyamoto 3R UD
Yuki Sakamoto vs. Takuya Imamura 3R UD
Zakaria Zouggary vs. Chuchai 3R UD
Tapruwan Hadesworkout vs. Hiroaki Suzuki 3R UD
Hiroki Kasahara vs. Hideki Momohara R2
Komatsu The Barbarian vs. Toshihiro Hosoe 3R UD
Renta Nishioka vs. Tomomitsu Hinuma 3R UD
Seiki Ueyama vs. Kosuke Suzuki 1:45 R2
MASAYA vs. Hiro Minokata 3R UD
Ai Takahashi vs. Phetchompoo GrandTieBoxing 2:45 R2
Hiromasa Ougikubo vs. Yuji Sugawara 3R UD
Nangoku Chojin vs. Yusuke Kawaguchi R3
Yuki Sakamoto vs. Kenji Kanai 3R UD
SB Welterweight Title: Hiroki Shishido vs. Jaoueha GrandTieBoxing 6R UD
Nangoku Chojin vs. Hikaru Sato 0:43 R2
Kengo Shimizu vs. Shakar Peterson 1:03 R1
Kazuki Fukada vs. Kiyoaki Murata 3R UD
Seiki Ueyama vs. Kazuyuki Fushimi 1:18 R3
Gracyer Aki vs. Akari Nakamura 3R SD
Yosuke Mizuochi vs. MASAYA 3R UD
Ai Takahashi vs. Mizuki Inoue 3R SD
Akihiro Gono vs. Yuki Sakamoto 3R UD
Hiroto Uesako vs. Hiroki Shishido 3R UD
Kengo Shimizu vs. Nangoku Chojin 1:09 R1
Zakaria Zouggary vs. Hiroaki Suzuki 3R UD
Andy Souwer vs. Kuniyoshi Hironaka 3R UD
Hiroki Kasahara vs. Ryota Naito 3R UD
Tomoaki Suehiro vs. Kiyoaki Murata 3R UD
Kazuyuki Fushimi vs. Masayoshi Kunimoto 3R UD
Seiki Ueyama vs. Tomo Arimatsu 3R UD
Taiki Tsuchiya vs. Hiroyu Ogino 3R UD
Kaito Ono vs. Yukimitsu Takahashi 3R UD
Ichiyo Morimoto vs. MASAYA 3R UD
Taiki Naito vs. Yukinori Ogasawara 0:13 R3
Kentaro Hokuto vs. Yuki Sakamoto 3R UD
Tapruwan vs. Hiroaki Suzuki 3R UD
Hiroaki Okuwa vs. Shuto Sato 3R UD
Kazuyuki Fushimi vs Motoki Takeno 3R UD
MASAYA vs. Alan Soares 1:30 R3
Nangoku Chojin vs. Daiju Takase 3R UD
UMA vs. Tapruwan Hadesworkout 0:42 R2
Taiki Naito vs. Takanobu Sano 3R UD
Jaowayha Siriluk vs. Hiroki Shishido 1:14 R3
Tayori Matsushima vs. Taichi Shirakawa 3R UD
Komatsu vs. Masahiro Shimada 3R UD
Hiroshi Hirayama vs. Hiroaki Okuwa 3R UD
Hiroki Kasahara vs. Atsushi Sakamura 2:31 R3
Kenichi vs. Kiyoaki Murata 0:44 R3
Kazuyuki Fushimi vs. Naoya 1:54 R2
Kaito Ono vs. Hiroaki Oyama 3R UD
Kentaro Hokuto vs. Yuki Tanaka R1
Jyadan Baghdad vs. Yuki Sakamoto 3R MD
Fukashi Mizutani vs. Baris Karabas 2:07 R3
Tapruwan vs. MASAYA 0:25 R3
Hinata Terayama vs. Mei Umeo 3R UD
Misaki Morita vs. Maki Goto 3R UD
Girls S-cup 2016 Semifinals
Mio Tsumura vs. Yurika Jimbo 3R UD
Akari Nakamura vs. YURI 1:02 R1
MMA: Kanako Murata vs. Ilona Wijmans 1:17 R1
48kg Final: Mio Tsumura vs. Akari Nakamura 4R MD
SB Strawweight Title: Rena Kubota vs. Klaudia Pawicka 1:42 R3
Kiyoaki Murata vs. Yoshihiko Nakagami 3R UD
S-cup 1R: Hiroaki Suzuki vs. HIDEKI 4R UD
S-cup 1R: MASAYA vs. Charles Bennett 2:04 R2
S-cup 1R: Zakaria Zouggary vs. Hiroto Yamaguchi 1:27 R1
S-cup 1R: Tapruwan vs. Yosuke Mizuochi 0:40 R2
MIO (Mio Tsumura) vs. Union (Akari Nakamura) 6R UD
S-cup Semifinal: MASAYA vs. Hideki R1
S-cup Semifinal: Zakaria Zouggary vs. Tapruwan 3R UD
Taiki Naito vs. Seiki Ueyama 2:14 R3
Andy Souwer vs. Soichiro Miyakoshi 3R UD
S-cup Final: Zakaria Zouggary vs. MASAYA 1:14 R2
Rena Kubota vs. Kinberly Novaes 3R UD
Girls S-cup 48kg World Tournament Quarterfinals
MIO (Mio Tsumura) vs So Hee Lim 3R UD
Kaewta Por Muengpetch vs Jujeath Nagaowa 3R SD
MISAKI (Misaki Morita) vs Isis Verbeek 3R UD
Jleana Valentino vs Manazou Kobayashi 3R UD. Great knockdown for Valentino blocking a high kick & firing back with a spinning backfist.
MMA Rule: Mina Sakurai vs Phetroiet Highlandgym R1 2:17
Girls S-cup 48kg World Tournament Semifinals
MIO vs. Kaewta Por Muengpetch 3R UD
MISAKI vs. Jleana Valentino 3R UD
KING Reina vs Young Ji Kim 3R UD
Girls S-cup 48kg World Tournament Final: MIO vs. Jleana Valentino 3R UD
RENA (Rena Kubota) vs. Elaine Leal 3R UD
S-cup 2004 9/19/04 Yokohama Bunka Taiikukan
1st Round: Albert Kraus vs. Changpuek Chorsepasert 4R UD. 4:45 shown
1st Round: Jens Pulver vs. Tadashi Ryo 1R
Semifinal: Hiroki Shishido vs. Katel Kubis 3R UD 6:00 shown
Final: Andy Souwer vs. Hiroki Shishido R2 0:50
5/1/96 JSBA Ladies Queen Title Match: Rumi Nakamura vs. Terumi Fujiyama 3R MD 4:46 shown
Shoot the Shooto XX 4/26/98 Yokohama Arena
Palinya Giapuspa vs. Kazuki Wakamiya 5R draw 2:05 shown
Kenichi Ogata vs. Gilbert Ballantine 3R UD
Ramon Dekkers vs. Hiromu Yoshitaka 5R. Crazy, all action match with both fighters making great comebacks & dominating at different stages of the war. Dekkers looked badly overmatched in the early portion, as Yoshitaka was a lot quicker & was just pouring on the combos. Dekkers did a good job of blocking, but Yoshitaka was just throwing non stop & would evade Dekkers random single shots. Dekkers clearly had the big power advantage here, but with Yoshitaka being longer & much quicker, he was winning both on the inside with volume (mostly) as well as at distance with Dekkers really having a hard time touching him, coming up short time & time again. Yoshitaka doesn't hit that hard, so Dekkers wasn't in particular trouble, he was just getting outpointed badly as Yoshitaka was coming in, touching Dekkers with a handful of shots then getting out of the pocket before Dekkers could reach him. Yoshitaka hurt Dekkers late in the 2nd ducking a left hook & coming back with his own left hook, 2 right straights, & another left hook to back Dekkers into the corner, where Yoshitaka threw another of his patented flurries. Yoshitaka tired himself out pushing for the finish, and Dekkers was able to come back late then turn the fight with a left hook knockdown to start the third. Yoshitaka was still fighting his volume style, but his output wasn't as fast & his footwork was getting lazier, so he was suddenly very hittable on the inside. Though Yoshitaka was starting to be flatfooted, he made a good adjustment staying on the outside & using low kicks, but he wasn't willing to stay with this style consistently, or even just until he recovered more from the knockdown. The problem was Dekkers had such a power advantage he felt he always needed to be striking so Dekkers wasn't, but Dekkers was doing a better job of timing him coming in & filling in the gaps with his own offense as even Yoshitaka only had so much energy, and the tradeoff was to just use it offensively. There was a considerable difference in their demeanor, as Yoshitaka was hyper, always feeling the urgent necessity to be proactive while Dekkers remained totally calm, trusting his block & his ability to win the long game. Yoshitaka was gassed in the 4th, his punches increasingly being all arm, and Dekkers was now walking him down & landing at a high rate. Dekkers blocked a slow spinning backfist & floored Yoshitaka with a right hook. The fight should have been for over for all intents & purposes, as though it was 2 rounds a piece, Yoshitaka needed at least a knockdown to get the decision, and he wasn't looking like he was even remotely capable. Shockingly though, Yoshitaka found his 25th wind, and fought an excellent 5th round, completely emptying the tank with the same sort of relentless high speed combos he was throwing in the first two rounds, minus the energy to get out of harms way once he was finally done throwing. I literally don't know where this energy came from, because he was gassed even before the second knockdown, but this guy had some ridiculous willpower. Dekkers still had his moments in this round, but I thought it was a Yoshitaka round, which theoretically meant he won more rounds but still came up short on the cards. Dekkers won a unanimous decision. Great match.
Yushi Ogino vs. Jun Satachi 2:04 R2
Genki Takeno vs. Hiroaki Okuwa 2:15 R2
Goddess (Megami Tagawa) vs. Kaewjai Prachumwong 1:57 R2
Yuki Kasahara vs. Rutchai Authentic 2:23 R3
Kiri Matsutani vs. Kazuyuki Fushimi 1:20 R3
Kiyoaki Murata vs. Shuhei Higashi 3R UD
Shogo Kuriaki vs. Seiki Ueyama 0:12 R2
Yota Shigemori vs. Hiroki Kasahara 2:34 R4
Hikaru Machida vs. Renta Nishioka 3R UD
Kaito Ono vs. "Black Panther" Beynoah 5R UD